Pie Face for Diabetes Awareness Week at Snakehall Farm June 2026
Prospects Trust Pie Face Challenge 2026
When a Co-worker raises a challenge our Support Staff rise to it! We have Co-workers who face challenges everyday and we help them overcome those with care and compassion, awareness and support. When one of our Co-workers came to us with his wish to raise awarenss of Diabetes in a very unique way we of course said Lets Do It! His idea was to make it fun and raise awareness of Diabetes Week with a Cream Pie Face Off. Support Worker Maddie V Co-worker Manager Hannah will go head to head on Tuesday 9th June – 50p a vote and the most votes WINS (or actually loses) a cream pie to their face.
You can donate online: https://localgiving.org/Cream-Pie-Face-Off
But we wanted to raise your awareness of: Diabetes Week 2026
8 out of 10 people living with diabetes say they’ve faced negative attitudes because of their diabetes – people passing judgement, making sweeping statements, or blaming and shaming people living with diabetes.
This is diabetes stigma. And it causes real harm to millions.
That’s why we’re on a mission to ‘Strike Out Stigma’.
To show people that nobody chooses diabetes. That it isn’t anyone’s fault. And that by changing the way we talk about diabetes, together we can create a world where diabetes does no harm.
Kids on the Farm Summer 2024
We are opening up the gates of Snakehall Farm to the kids this summer holidays thanks to support from Social Farms and Gardens and The Hilden Trust. We have small, rustic, rural and muddy hands on sessions to book online. We have already hosted a Forest School event and are looking forward to EVERYONE joining us for our 35th Anniversary Farm Open Day on Saturday 14th September 11 to 3pm.
Kids on the Farm: Flowers on the Farm WEDNESDAY 14th August 10:30 to 12
To book a space: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kids-on-farm-flowers-on-the-farm-with-rosie-co-workers-tickets-990712436567
Kids on the Farm: Build a Bug Hotel with Farmer Mark in our Nature Reserve Friday 23rd August 10:30 to 12
To book a space to build a bug hotel: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kids-on-the-farm-build-a-bug-hotel-with-farmer-mark-in-our-nature-area-tickets-990863207527
Kids on the Farm: Mini Farmers (Toddlers to 6 years) Friday 30th August 10:30 to 12
To book your spaces: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kids-on-the-farm-mini-farmer-session-tickets-990901201167
All of these events require a responsible adult to remain and support their children at all times on our busy working farm. Booking online is ESSENTIAL as we have a limited number of places per session. If you have any questions which are not answered on this page or on our booking pages please call our Farm Office on 01638 741551 during the hours of 9:30 to 2:30pm.
Prospects Post – August 24
We have issued a very special edition of Prospects Post to our signed up followers. Sign up and follow us today or take a read on the link https://mailchi.mp/8d467b5a6cce/one-more-sleep-before-they-leap
Snakehall Farm Open Day – Save the Date!
We are offering stall holders the opportunity to celebrate alongside all the fun on the farm this September, if you are a local artisan, crafty creative or food truck celebrating the best of produce we would love to hear from you. Stalls will be offered on a £10 or more charitable donation plus a donation to our 35K for 35 Years Grand Prize Raffle. For more details call our office on 01353 662010 or send us an email to enquiries[@]prospectstrust.org.uk
This event only happens on important milestones of The Prospects Trust so make sure you save the date and come celebrate all the fun growing on Snakehall Farm.
We will be opening up our newly emerging Nature Reserve and offer farm trails, tractor rides and lots of other fun activities for all. With free entry and free parking perhaps you will buy a raffle ticket or two too? All funds raised at this event will be going towards our £35k for 35 Years appeal https://prospectstrust.org.uk/35k-for-35-years/.
Are you a Great British Baker? Why not enter our Cake or Bake competition to see if you can rival our outstanding Enterprise Kitchen creations? The winning cake will win a prize and all of your bakes will be sold as part of our fundraising efforts – tea and prize winning cake anyone?
We will also be bringing back our much loved Snakehall Farm Scarecrow Competition – with the best dressed scarecrow winning a prize and all of them being part of our farm trails. Entries need to be dropped off by Friday 13th of September so they are ready to “greet” all of our visitors on the big day.
First Parent, Carer & Social Worker Event hosted at Snakehall Farm
The Prospects Trust opened its farm gates to parents and carers on Tuesday 16th April for a farm tour led by Farmer Mark and a chat over tea and some delicious Enterprise Kitchen bakes with Hannah our Co-worker Manager and Maz our Executive Director. This was the first of a series of planned events throughout the year to give families and carers an opportunity to see our Co-workers in action on their farm in their workplace. A further Coffee and Chat drop in at Unwrapped is also planned for families of Co-workers in our Ely enterprise, Prospects Trust Unwrapped on Thursday 18th April at 10am to 11 am.
The feedback from our Snakehall Farm parents and carers was joyfully positive, all welcoming the opportunity to get their boots muddy on a very windy day, but also giving insight into the Co-workers we mutually support; at home and in their supported work place. The staff demonstrated the new Co-worker Achievement Plans and Daily Logs on the tablets recently funded by the Access Group and our in-house recording system developed using corporate volunteering support. Ideas for development included being able to share the daily snapshots with family, carers and social workers in reviews.
We asked the families about where they would like to see The Prospects Trust in 5 years time and the resounding response “doing what you are already doing so well”, what a great endorsement? Of course we all agreed with the improved toilets at Snakehall Farm, more customers boosting our social enterprise income, more funding to improve facilities and a general positive awareness building of Co-worker opportunities at The Prospects Trust. All attending agreed a few more opportunities to come together throughout the year as seasons (and work skills) change would be welcomed.
Other ideas included:
- monthly news updates to carers, even if they are repeating the same message and using both hard copies and emails to ensure the information gets home.
- Send leaflets home about stalls, events and fundraising opportunities as more would love to get involved
- Add staff photos to the website to connect the names with faces (agreed some staff would prefer an illustrated image due to data use)
- A daily social media post – positively promoting a Co-worker doing a meaningful job
- Work with children and education providers to break down barriers around disability – Prospects Trust being an advocate for abilities of people with additional needs
- Option to have a parent & carers association to help support charity events, awareness building, engagement with the Trust in the local area
- Consider having a Stall at Ely Market to boost awareness of The Prospects Trust
- Share Saturday Volunteering opportunities and Corporate Volunteering Opportunities with families and carers.
The Great Outdoors at Snakehall Farm
Did you listen in?
Did you listen live to the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire’s Great Outdoors programme on Sunday 28th May?
Well if you didn’t you missed the most fabulous farm in Cambridgeshire being showcased by Amir! But do not miss out as you can listen back to the show on BBC Sounds for 28 days or click to hear our captured edit, the soundbites of Snakehall Farm:
Unwrapped – Finalist in the Farm Shop & Deli Awards 2023
Farm Shop & Deli Show has unveiled the regional finalists in its 2023 Retailer Awards – comprising some of the UK’s best loved specialist retailers, pillars of their respective communities and champions of great produce and sustainable practice.
An esteemed panel of judges have taken into consideration the ways in which retailers have played an important role in supporting and developing their staff, before creating their shortlist of regional finalists, whittled down from hundreds of entries. Executive Director of The Prospects Trust said “opening the invite to a national award at such a prestigious trade show made us whoop with delight. The trade show at the NEC was where our initial ideas took shape, finding the scales, till, the refill wall and even suppliers over 4 years ago. Unwrapped is a social enterprise GREENgrocery combining the best deli style food, creating a new way to shop local, seasonal and sustainable for Ely, Cambridgeshire, we have our fingers crossed we may even scoop an award”.
The 68 successful businesses span 12 categories and nine UK regions, with some regions awarding ‘Best retailer’ to both small and large retailers. Prospects Trust Unwrapped Shop Manager Clare Rees said “its just super to be shortlisted and share the accolade with my great team of staff, Co-workers, volunteers and of course our supportive customers, we have even scheduled some much needed maintenance work in the shop while we close to attend the show”.
Back for 2023 the Awards will be selecting their ‘Newcomer of the Year’ as well as the return of the ‘Retailer of the Year’ accolade. These and the regional winners will be revealed live from Farm Shop & Deli Show, at the NEC Birmingham on Tuesday 25th April 2023, in what promises to be a thrilling celebration of the sector. A small team from The Prospects Trust Unwrapped are attending the show and are excited to take part in the award ceremony on Tuesday.
Take a look at the shortlisted finalists here: https://event.farmshopanddelishow.co.uk/live/en/page/finalist-shortlist
The finalists by region in full:
East Anglia
The Prospects Trust Unwrapped
Fodder
Friday Street Farm Shop
Poplar Nurseries
River Colne Food Co
The Goat Shed Farm Shop & Kitchen
The Grundisburgh Dog Delicatessen Ltd
The Norfolk Deli
Midlands
Aubrey Allen
Bells Farm Shop
Broad Bean Delicatessen
Canalside Farm, Shop & Cafe
Croots Farm Shop
Delilah Fine Foods Ltd
Drapers Lane Delicatessen
Farndon Fields Farm Shop
Harp Lane Deli
Reunion Deli
Stoughton Grange Farm Shop and Distillery
The Chuckling Cheese Company
Welbeck Farm Shop
North East
Coghlans at Barningham
Cut by Farmison & Co
George & Joseph Cheesemongers
Mainsgill Farmshop
Piper’s artisan sausages
Samuel Valentine – The Urban Food Hall
Yolk Farm
Northern Ireland
Clive’s Country corner
Colemans Farm Shop
Cunningham Butchers, Food Hall & Steak House
Millar Meats and Fine Foods
Quails fine foods
North West
Bells fishmongers ltd
Cheshire Smokehouse Limited
Chorlton Cheesemongers Ltd
Country Harvest
Gazegill Organics
Kami’s West Derby
Lovingly Artisan Bakery
Low Sizergh Barn
Roast Mutton
Scotland
Belhaven Smokehouse
Kj’s Bothy Bakery
Macauley’s Fruit and Veg Merchant
The House of Bruar
The Kedar Pantry
South East
Cheese Etc, The Pangbourne Cheese Shop
Cobbs Farm Shop, Cobbs at Winchester, Cobbs at Englefield, Cobbs at Manydown
Cowdray Farm Shop & cafe
Flock & Herd Butchery and Deli
Hampshire Artisan Foods Ltd – trading as Hampshire Deli & Farm Shop
Macknade Food Hall
Melrose & Morgan
The Grumpy Goat
The Hungry Guest
The Kitchen Food Company
Valentina Deli
South West
Bay Leaves Larder
Darts Farm
Durslade Farm Shop
Flourish Foodhall & Kitchen
Great Cornish Food Store
Greendale Farm Shop
Pipers Farm
Wales
Bodnant Welsh Food
Forage Farm Shop & Kitchen
Nolton Cross Farm Shop
To find out more about Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards, visit https://www.farmshopanddelishow.co.uk/awards.
About The UK Food & Drink Shows:
The UK Food & Drink Shows unite four shows under one roof, covering the complete supply chain in three comprehensive days of insight, innovation and inspiration. Farm Shop & Deli Show joins National Convenience Show, Foodex Manufacturing Solutions and Food & Drink Expo, to create an unmissable proposition for progressive food and drink professionals across the industry.
While the content of each show has been tailored to meet the exacting requirements of its respective audience, The UK Food & Drink Shows are united by four overarching themes: Health & Nutrition, Sustainability, Technology and Consumer Insight; issues faced unilaterally that will filter down into every part of the show discourse. Find out more about Farm Shop & Deli Show at: https://www.farmshopanddelishow.co.uk/
Farm Shop & Deli Show is part of the UK Food & Drink Shows, run by William Reed Business Media.
